Job - Softcover

Listen in as leading biblical scholars interpret the Bible in conversation with one another on controversial questions from the Old Testament book of Job in a new commentary series, The Two Testaments: Guided Journeys Through Scripture.

The first in a unique series of dialogical commentaries on Scripture, biblical scholars Rony Kozman and Will Kynes invite readers to journey passage by passage through books of the Bible guided by leading biblical scholars. In a dynamic conversational format, Kozman and Kynes work through biblical books with various scholars, progressing through challenging passages in an engaging and accessible way. Each chapter unfolds in conversation with a different scholar, exposing readers to a variety of perspectives. This multiperspectival approach illuminates the text from different angles, giving readers a fuller understanding of the text.

A helpful introduction provides a concise summary of the fundamental issues of authorship, date, setting, genre, and message, highlighting major issues that will be discussed by contributors in the coming chapters. In each subsequent chapter of this Bible commentary, Kozman and Kynes then pose key interpretive questions to leading scholars in a dynamic question-and-answer format.

Conversation partners include:

• Brennan Breed
• William P. Brown
• Edward Greenstein
• Dominick Hernández
• Scott Jones
• Jeffery M. Leonard
• Tremper Longman III
• Carol Newsom
• Brent Strawn
• Patricia Vesely

An insightful resource for understanding the Bible, readers will emerge from Job with a deeper knowledge of and appreciation for this book of wisdom literature.